diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 55ee03dda..8e42f9d1a 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ on post-fs-data
     symlink /data/data/com.android.shell/files/bugreports /data/bugreports
 
     # Separate location for storing security policy files on data
-    mkdir /data/security 0600 system system
+    mkdir /data/security 0700 system system
 
     # If there is no fs-post-data action in the init.<device>.rc file, you
     # must uncomment this line, otherwise encrypted filesystems